"Authorities also began a region-wide censorship campaign, shutting down Mongolian WeChat groups and removing Mongolian-language books from the shelves of retail outlets. ... if you lose your language, you lose everything," Mr Togochog, director of SMHRC said." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

'Cultural genocide': China's new laws set to wipe out 55 ethnic groups

China's new ethnic unity law is threatening to make the languages and culture of 55 different ethnic groups extinct.

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🔁 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu Japan, welcome to @HorizonE! 🇪🇺🇯🇵 Today we signed the agreement on Japan's association to #HorizonEU. After more than two decades of cooperation, we are taking our partnership to the next level in health, climate, industry, space, biotech and beyond. 🔗⤵️

🚨 We need you! 🚨 BISA has a new WG proposal for a 'Religion and International Politics' and they are looking to demonstrate support for the group 🌟 Interested? Email Dr. Caglar Ezikoglu or Dr. Eyüp Ersoy at eyup.1.ersoy@kcl.ac.uk or c.ezikoglu@wlv.ac.uk today! 🎉

A rather infuriating read, and there are many reasons why that could be the case. Still a very worthwhile and informative piece on the former police officer who was knots and bolts of the genocide in Xinjiang but now wants to be counted as a "victim". www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

He Served China’s Police State of Xinjiang. He Says It Imprisoned Him, Too. (Gift Article)

After nearly 10 years carrying out Chinese government repression in Xinjiang, a former police officer is now seeking asylum in Germany.

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An interesting reporting on the new theatrical concert "From Mongols to Mughals" in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, where director Badluev links historical states via the Chinggisid legitimization. I would have used "Sulde" instead of "Tug", but that's a specialist detail. www.folkloristan.com/post/from-mo...

Mongols to Mughals

From Mongols to Mughals: How a Siberian Theatre reconnects the Turko-Mongol and Indo-Persian Empires.

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In case anyone is interested in Manchu Language Seminar at Kyoto University. www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ceschi/haned...

夏季満洲語セミナー2026 - 内陸アジア学推進部門　羽田記念館 | 京都大学 大学院文学研究科・文学部

「康熙帝のマンジュ語の手紙」を読む（Reading the Manchu Letters of the Kangxi Emperor） English follows Japanese. 1．趣旨 ダイチン=グルン（大清...

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Today, Mongolia is celebrating its National Day - the Naadam Festival. Lately it has become a prime time for high level foreign dignitary visits. This year - South Korean President. At the same time, Mongolia initiated & got the UN to approve the World Horse Day on July 11th! Happy Holidays!

China's ethnic law with global reach draws backlash from Japan to Europe Takaichi aide says 'no democratic nation could tolerate' move as UNHCR and EU urge repeal trib.al/isO2Bge

China's ethnic law with global reach draws backlash from Japan to Europe

Takaichi aide says 'no democratic nation could tolerate' move as UNHCR and EU urge repeal

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Anna Tsendina is a well-known Mongolist & daughter of famous academic Tsendiin Damdinsuren. Arzamas, the Russian-language online encyclopedia interviewed her. Lot of lovely details inc how her father saved numerous Mongolian historical & religious mansucripts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqA...

Анна Цендина: «Ночью перед юртой ляжешь, взглянешь на небо — звезды над тобой яркие, близкие»

YouTube video by Arzamas

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The National Palace Museum in Taipei will display the earliest known portrait of Chinggis Khan for the first time in 13 years. Painted in 1271-72 by the orders of his grandson Kubilai, the portrait will be displayed in the Northern Branch of the museum during July 10 - September 16. #mongolsky

Message from H.H. the Dalai Lama after passing of Prof. Robert A.F. Thurman, an American scholar who dedicated his life to study, practice, and preservation of Buddha Dharma. Praying for your swift & auspicious rebirth. ཨོཾ་ཨ་མི་དྷེ་ཝ་ཧྲཱིཿ #robertthurman #bobthurman #dalailama #tibetanbuddhism #tibetan

On the day of the launch of the #GlobalJusticeReport, the coordinators @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @lucaschancel.bsky.social @cmohren.bsky.social @rowaida96.bsky.social @moritzoder.bsky.social & @anmol-smnch.bsky.social published this opinion piece 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how

Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab

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Wanted to flag two concurrent platforms happening atm, which engage smaller but globally conscious proactive players as the Liberal International Order is rupturing. Pictured: Mongolia's foreign minister Battsetseg Batmunkh at the Nikkei Forum. Kenya's President William Ruto at Oslo Forum.

Alongside the ongoing oppression of Muslim and indigenous groups in Xinjiang and Tibet, China has been investing heavily in the economy - building massive energy and transport infrastructure, high tech factories and tourism. Part 2 of our Western China series: as.ft.com/r/cd1f62af-4...

Xi’s last frontier: China’s plan to transform its west

A vast development drive aims to tap the region’s economic potential and extend Beijing’s control

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NEW: Xinjiang has the highest detention capacity in the world, according to FT analysis - enough space for almost 1 in 40 people in the region - more than five years after the Chinese govt announced the camps had closed.

NEW: China's campaign of oppression in Xinjiang has entered a pernicious new phase - and FT analysis shows that the region still has the highest detention capacity in the world, relative to its population. as.ft.com/r/a4b72955-5...

How China is breaking apart a people and its culture

The campaign of repression against the Uyghurs has entered a new phase

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#OpEd Russia likes to believe that its colonization of Central Asia civilized and modernized the region. But a row over high school history textbooks shows that local scholars no longer accept that narrative, writes Erica Marat.

Central Asia Is Done With Letting Moscow Write Its History - The Moscow Times

Opinion | At a meeting of the Kyrgyz-Russian Expert Council on History in Moscow, Russian scholars reviewing Kyrgyz secondary school textbooks reprimanded their Kyrgyz counterparts for describing the ...

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Really loved today's win by Kirishima. Display of a classical Mongolian wrestling technique, specifically one that is common in Inner Mongolian wrestling. Note: Kirishima - Lkhagvasuren Byambachuluun is a Uzemchin Mongol, and his forefathers moved to Mongolia from Inner Mongolia in 1957.

@sumosoul.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Day13 Oz Kirishima 10-2 (L) M13 Kotoeihō 10-2 (R) Worthy bout for the musubinoichiban! You’ll be on edge of your seat. Winner takes sole lead for yūshō. There is a mono’ii too boot! See reply #natsubasho2026

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The Counter-revolutionary Pan-Mongolian Insurgent Centre

On the 84th anniversary of the death of Tsyben Zhamtsarano

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Russian pseudo-liberal opposition is a "gift that keeps on giving" racist, imperialist chauvinism. Apparently, the recent scandal at PACE platform served as yet another reminder of their double standards & how they don't offer a viable alternative to "putin+". www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/07/r...

Russia’s Opposition Doesn’t Know How to Quit Kremlin-Style Chauvinism - The Moscow Times

Opinion | The suspension of Ruslan Kutayev from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces should have been straightforward.

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“The Mongol Empire: In Accordance with the Great Törö" is out in The Cambridge History of International Law! My gratitude to Profs. Lesaffer, Carrai, and Ranganathan for including my work & to Prof. Foblets (MPI) for her generous support. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Queen Padmé Amidala wears an outfit that is clearly designed after a Khalkha Mongolian married noble woman's costume. The hair horns are of course the most famous, but the red robe and dress is the same as well. #starwars #tengri #mongolsky

How #Decolonization looks in real life: Montsame says that 3,809 out of 5,581 Mongolia's public institutions (government bodies) are currently keeping official record-keeping in Mongol script. :))) montsame.mn/en/read/398104

ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡ ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ / Münkhnaran Bayarlkhagva@morientalist.bsky.social · 2y ago

How decolonization looks in real life: From 2025, all Mongolian government bodies will transition to the use of Mongol script alongside the current cyrillic, which has been "introduced" (read:imposed) in 1940s. E.g. below is a recent letter from the Minister of Education to the Cabinet Secretary.

Apparently, CEU’s Department of Historical Studies is looking for a 2yr postdoc at their Cluster of Excellence “EurAsian Transformations”. Need "to engage in research on transregional phenomena in the history of Eurasia b/n 800-1850 & expertise in 1+ languages" careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-P...

Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

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"China-linked hackers targeted Mongolian government using Slack, Discord for covert communications" - coz there is A LOT to hack & A LOT at stake e.g.: - Power of Siberia 2 - Geopolitics Vajrayana Buddhism - Coking coal & Copper supply security just to name few therecord.media/china-linked...

China-linked hackers targeted Mongolian government using Slack, Discord for covert communications

The group, which researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET named GopherWhisper, has been active since at least November 2023 and was discovered in January 2025 after investigators found a previously unkn...

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Bill Bishop flagged it. I checked the data. He was right. 人民领袖 ("People's Leader") is trending back into Chinese state media — a Mao-era honorific that's been off-limits since 1978. Full analysis in today's Sinocism. Data via PropagandaScope. sinocism.com/p/the-people...

"Forskere må delta i samfunnsdebatten, men mange kvier seg. En høfligere tone i ordskiftet kan være nøkkelen til at flere tør å bruke stemmen sin, særlig i møte med digital hets og økende polarisering. Dette er ikke en individuell kamp, men en strukturell utfordring." www.khrono.no/hofligere-to...

Høfligere tone kan få flere forskere til å delta i samfunnsdebatten

Forskere må delta i samfunnsdebatten, men mange kvier seg. En høfligere tone i ordskiftet kan være nøkkelen til at flere tør å bruke stemmen sin, særlig i møte med digital hets og økende polarisering.

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I obtained an internal Party document from Inner Mongolia University, stamped "strictly prohibited from external distribution," that details 19 directives for eliminating the Mongolian language. The original Chinese PDF is also available for download. open.substack.com/pub/soyonbo/...

'Must Be Corrected': A Leaked University Document Reveals China's Plan to Erase the Mongolian Language

An internal Party directive from Inner Mongolia University

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"A sweeping new national law signals Beijing’s decisive turn away from ethnic autonomy & toward enforced assimilation. This new law is the culmination of a policy trajectory that has been building for over a decade, dating back to the 2014 Central Ethnic Work Conference" www.cfr.org/articles/chi...

China’s New Ethnic Unity Law: From Autonomy to Assimilation | Council on Foreign Relations

A sweeping new national law signals Beijing’s decisive turn away from ethnic autonomy and toward enforced assimilation.

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"The online space has become our very last [classroom], museum, and community hall,” journalist @soyonbo.bsky.social tells PEN America. #InternationalMotherLanguageDay